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Internationally-renowned Renewable Energy Publication Highlights "Novel Manufacturing Technique" of California Company

XsunX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XSNX), the developer of a breakthrough cross-industry solar cell manufacturing technology, was spotlighted in a two-page article in the "Innovation" section (Pages 18-19) of the...

8 Sep 2009

Southampton Nanofabrication Centre Opens for Business Tomorrow

The Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, which will make smaller, more powerful nano- and bio-nano technologies possible, will hold its first open day tomorrow.

8 Sep 2009

Nanotechnology Scientists Discover Magnetic Monopoles

Four papers - two published in Science this week, and two on the preprint archive - independently present evidence that magnetic monopoles really exist in nature. Two of these papers were written by London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) scientists.

8 Sep 2009

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Direct-Method Research on Protein Crystallography

Recent years have witnessed advances in direct-method research on protein crystallography obtained by the research team led by Academician Fan Haifu from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

8 Sep 2009

IME And EDB Launch 3-Dimensional Through-Silicon Via Consortium

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), today announced the launch of a 3-Dimensional (3D) Through-Silicon Via (TSV) consortium to boost ...

7 Sep 2009

Researchers Develop Thin films that Exhibit Carrier Multiplication

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed thin films that exhibit carrier multiplication (CM). This development is of great interest for future solar cells. The films were synthesized at BGU by Pro...

7 Sep 2009

Mapping Nanotechnology

The burgeoning research fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology are commonly thought to be highly multidisciplinary because they draw on many areas of science and technology to make important advances.

7 Sep 2009

Cobalt-Free Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Secondary Batteries

Researchers developed two types of cobalt-free oxides, that can be used as cathode materials for lithium ion secondary batteries. Approximately 20% of the total amount of transition metals in the oxide materials is iron, which is abundant and inexpensive.

7 Sep 2009

Using Bacteria to Make Stronger and More Durable Bone Implants

Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham this week (7-10 September) presented work to the Societ...

7 Sep 2009

Researcher Discover Way to Make More Efficient Microbial Fuel Cells

Bacteria that generate significant amounts of electricity could be used in microbial fuel cells to provide power in remote environments or to convert waste to electricity. Professor Derek Lovley from the University of Ma...

6 Sep 2009